News: Division of Research

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Research |

Three ways UNLV's supercomputer has lived up to its promise and propelled research and economic development.

Lawrence Walker
People |

An internationally recognized plant ecologist, Walker becomes the second consecutive UNLV professor to win the Nevada Regents' Researcher Award.

Andre Wilsenach
Campus News |

International gaming control chief tapped to lead new initiative, which will offer first-of-its-kind research and education programs for gaming regulators worldwide.

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Research |

Vulnerable youth have a friend in Ramona Denby-Brinson, the 2015 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award winner.

Bernajane Palisoc works in UNLV's neuropsychology lab with professor Daniel Allen
Research |

The new Office of Undergraduate Research helps students engage in and celebrate their research and creative activity.

Palm trees and U.N.L.V. banner
Business and Community |

A three-year National Science Foundation grant will strengthen commercialization efforts at UNLV through a new university-wide entrepreneurship development program.

Liz Lewis
People |

A longtime Rebel connects Las Vegas businesses with UNLV researchers, and keeps her finger on the pulse of a tech-savvy community.

World AIDS Day ribbon
Campus News |

From law to health to advocacy to science, UNLV professors tackle HIV prevention, education and treatment both domestically and abroad.

Two students in lab coats and goggles attend an organic chemistry lab class
Research |

An annual accounting of research and economic development activity over the last fiscal year.

book cover for Changing Game
Research |

Joanne Goodwin's new book recognizes the “significance of non-politicized women, who, by their presence, pushed boundaries and sought greater opportunities.”

book cover for Global Patents
Research |

Marketa Trimble's work “not only explains the limitations of international patenting, both legal and practical, but also reveals workarounds for expanding a small inventor’s patent protection.”

Book cover for Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use Disorders
Research |

With co-author Steven Wood, Daniel Allen assembled a “dream team” of brain science leaders. Their contributions represent the latest findings on the neuropsychology of substance use disorders.